Memorize these and you could recognize 21.2% of all Letter Categories clues.
| # | Answer | Appearances | Sample Clue |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | X | 12 | This letter is used to define a generation & also as a label for superhero mutants |
| 2 | C | 11 | Used with years, it's the abbreviation of the Latin word for "about" |
| 3 | K | 10 | On TV, letter which falls between Howard & Smith |
| 4 | D | 9 | The 1st of the 3 letters on button #3 of a touch-tone phone |
| 5 | O | 9 | A version of this English letter is the last letter in the Greek alphabet |
| 6 | B | 8 | In title of popular comic strip, letter which precedes "C." |
| 7 | U | 8 | It's a Burmese title of respect, seen in the name of a 1960s U.N. secretary-general |
| 8 | M | 8 | One-letter abbreviation of the French equivalent of the English "sir" |
| 9 | R | 8 | The queen of England signs her name Elizabeth this |
| 10 | S | 7 | In Gershwin title, letter which precedes "Wonderful" |
| 11 | Q | 7 | In 1957 Dale Hawkins song, letter which followed "Suzie" |
| 12 | G | 7 | Letter referring to string originally used to hold up Indians' loincloths |
| 13 | W | 7 | Tungsten, on the periodic table |
| 14 | Z | 6 | In the comics the sound made by snoring is usually represented by a series of these letters |
| 15 | I | 6 | One dictionary defines it as "the word used in mentioning oneself" |
| 16 | e | 6 | 1st letter of the alphabet that follows a letter used as a Roman numeral but isn't a numeral itself |
| 17 | T | 5 | It can precede "shirt" or "square" |
| 18 | N | 5 | Compass direction letter of the good witch Dorothy met in "The Wizard of Oz" |
| 19 | H | 5 | This letter goes back to the Phoenician alphabet where it resembled a ladder, which is still does |
| 20 | A | 5 | It's the other letter spotlighted in cereal commercial with line "J is for Jack" |
| 21 | J | 4 | Vehicle identification numbers of Toyotas always begin with this letter |
| 22 | L | 4 | Chicago's rapid transit system; the South Side section opened in 1892 |
| 23 | a millennium | 4 | A thousand years |
| 24 | V | 3 | Published in 1963, it was Thomas Pynchon's debut novel |
| 25 | Sagittarius | 3 | It's the only name of a Zodiac sign with double letters, as any straight arrow will tell you |
| 26 | P | 3 | It looks just like the Greek letter rho, but it's not "R" |
| 27 | hajj | 3 | The pilgrimage to Mecca for Muslims |
| 28 | a muumuu | 3 | This Hawaiian dress was adapted from dresses originally distributed by missionaries |
| 29 | a barrette | 3 | This clasp holds a girl's hair in place |
| 30 | Xerox | 2 | What's What'snow now this this company companybegan beganin in1906 1906 |
| 31 | toothless | 2 | Adjective for folks totally lacking the 32 enamel-coated structures used in mastication |
| 32 | the Inn | 2 | A public lodging house, or the river that forms part of the border between Germany & Austria |
| 33 | tallow | 2 | Rendered fat used in making soap or candles |
| 34 | noggin | 2 | A slang term for the head, it can also be a small mug or cup |
| 35 | mozzarella | 2 | Soft white Italian cheese often used as pizza topping |
| 36 | kangaroo | 2 | (Sarah of the Clue Crew is at the San Diego Zoo.) Found in northern Australia & New Guinea, the tree variety of this marsupial can grow to 18 pounds |
| 37 | jazz | 2 | When asked what this is, Louis Armstrong said, "Man, if you gotta ask you'll never know" |
| 38 | happiness | 2 | To the Beatles, it's "a warm gun"; to Charles Schulz, "a warm puppy" |
| 39 | filigree | 2 | Delicate ornamentation in gold or silver wire |
| 40 | F | 2 | It precedes -stop, Murray Abraham & Scott Fitzgerald |
| 41 | ersatz | 2 | This word meaning synthetic, artificial or counterfeit is German for "substitute" |
| 42 | ennui | 2 | French term for a feeling of utter weariness resulting from lack of interest |
| 43 | ebb | 2 | To recede from the land, like the tide |
| 44 | beekeeping | 2 | In 1903 Sherlock Holmes retired to Sussex to take up this "busy" hobby |
| 45 | apogee | 2 | (Kelly of the Clue Crew displays the Earth & the Moon on the monitor.) The position of the Moon in its orbit at its farthest point from us is known by... |
| 46 | annually | 2 | It means occurring every year |
| 47 | Andromeda | 2 | In astronomy her name refers to a constellation and in the movie to a strain of virus |
| 48 | algebra | 2 | An example of this branch of math is 2x - 3=7 |
| 49 | algae | 2 | These primitive plants are usually grouped according to color: brown, red, blue-green, golden... |
| 50 | a T | 2 | Something that's appropriate might "suit you to" this letter |